The SQL Sequel

This month the SQLskills team is presenting a series of blog posts aimed at helping Accidental/Junior DBAs ‘keep the SQL Server lights on’. It’s a little taster to let you know what we cover in our Immersion Event for The Accidental/Junior DBA, which we present several times each year. If you know someone who would benefit from […]

This month the SQLskills team is presenting a series of blog posts aimed at helping Accidental/Junior DBAs ‘keep the SQL Server lights on’. It’s a little taster to let you know what we cover in our Immersion Event for The Accidental/Junior DBA, which we present several times each year. If you know someone who would benefit from […]

This month the SQLskills team is presenting a series of blog posts aimed at helping Accidental/Junior DBAs ‘keep the SQL Server lights on’. It’s a little taster to let you know what we cover in our Immersion Event for The Accidental/Junior DBA, which we present several times each year. If you know someone who would benefit from […]

Today the fourth article in my baselines series was published on SQLServerCentral.com. Listed below are the links to all of the articles, and I’ve decided to continue the series on my blog here. I truly believe that every SQL Server environment can benefit from having baselines. I say that all the time, I know, and […]

When I start working with a client, one question I always ask is whether they are collecting baselines of their SQL Server environment (a shocker, I know). If they are not, I explain why it’s a good idea to start capturing them. And even though I think it’s an easy argument to make, I find […]

RML Utilities is a free utility created by Microsoft and used by the SQL Server support team. It’s available for download and if you work with SQL Trace data at all I’d recommend giving it a look. I know, I know, Trace is deprecated in SQL Server 2012. But not everyone is running 2012 so […]